Psalms 7
The Lord Implored to Defend the Psalmist against the Wicked.
A ▼▼I.e., Dithyrambic rhythm; or wild, passionate songShiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord ▼▼Or concerning the words ofconcerning Cush, a Benjaminite.
1 O Lord my God, cin You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, and drescue me,
2 Or he will tear ▼
▼Or me
my soul flike a lion, Dragging me away, while there is no one to rescue me.
3 O Lord my God, if I have done this,
If there is ginjustice in my hands,
4 If I have hdone evil to ▼
▼Lit him who was at peace with me
my friend, Or have jplundered ▼
▼Or him who for no reason was my enemy,
my enemy for no reason, 5 Let the enemy pursue ▼
▼Or me
my soul and overtake ▼▼Or me
it; And let him trample my life to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. Selah
6 nArise, Lord, in Your anger;
oRaise Yourself against pthe rage of my enemies,
And qstir Yourself ▼
▼One ancient version reads O my God
for me; You have ordered judgment. 7 Let the assembly of the speoples encompass You,
And return on high over it.
8 The Lord tjudges the peoples;
▼
▼Lit Judge
vVindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me. 9 Please let wthe evil of the wicked come to an end, but xestablish the righteous;
For the righteous God yputs hearts and ▼
▼Lit kidneys, figurative for inner man
minds to the test. 10 My aashield is ▼
▼Lit upon
with God, Who acsaves the upright in heart.
11 God is a adrighteous judge,
And a God who aeshows indignation every day.
12 If one afdoes not repent, He will agsharpen His sword;
He has ahbent His bow and taken aim.
13 He has also prepared deadly weapons for Himself;
He makes His aiarrows fiery shafts.
14 Behold, an evil person is pregnant with injustice,
And he ajconceives harm and gives birth to lies.
15 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has akfallen into the hole which he made.
16 His alharm will return on his own head,
And his amviolence will descend on the top of his own head.
17 I will give thanks to the Lord anaccording to His righteousness
And will aosing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
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